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Flare Blitz (move)

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Flare Blitz
フレアドライブ Flare Drive
The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe. The user sustains serious damage, too.
Battles
Type  Fire
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  120
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam  0
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Flare Blitz (Japanese: フレアドライブ Flare Drive) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation IV.

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Effect

Flare Blitz will thaw out the user if it is frozen, and then inflict damage on the target. Flare Blitz will cause the user to receive recoil damage equal to 1/3 of the damage done to the target. This move has a 10% chance of burning the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Level
006 006 Charizard Fire Flying 66
058 058 Growlithe Fire 48
077 077 Ponyta Fire 48DP
077 077 Ponyta Fire 46PtHGSS
078 078 Rapidash Fire 58DP
078 078 Rapidash Fire 56PtHGSS
256 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 54
257 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 66
391 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 49
392 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 57
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
004 004 Charmander Fire Charizard
037 037 Vulpix Fire Growlithe
Ponyta, Rapidash
Combusken, Blaziken
Monferno, Infernape
058 058 Growlithe Fire Growlithe
Ponyta, Rapidash
Combusken, Blaziken
Monferno, Infernape
155 155 Cyndaquil Fire Growlithe
Ponyta, Rapidash
Combusken, Blaziken
Monferno, Infernape
240 240 Magby Fire Monferno, Infernape
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Trivia

In other languages

  • Dutch: Vlamblitz
  • German: Flammenblitz
  • French: Boutefeu
  • Spanish: Envite Ígneo
  • Italian: Fuococarica
Variations on the move Double-Edge
Physical Double-Edge | Volt Tackle | Brave Bird
Flare Blitz | Wood Hammer


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